Recorded in February and April of this year, guitarist Chris Cortez teams with pianist Bob Thornton and mixes/matches with Joel Rosenblatt-Jeff Sipe/dr, Ron Jenkins-Doug Mathews/b, Jeff Rupert/ts, John DePaola/tp or Dan Jordan/fl on a collection live performances. Cortez gives a tribute to recently departed guitar icon Pat Martino as he digs in deep on “The Visit” and does wonders with Jordan’s flute floating around the EWF hit “That’s The Way Of The World”. Rosenblatt is snappy as he introduces the classic bopper “Arlington Park” as a showcase for the thrilling DePaola, with the horn man muted on the evocative “Different Strokes”. A closing “A Remark You Made” features Cortez in an intimate setting, probably as everyone was folding up the chairs. A nice invitation to get out of the house.